Connecticut's Public High Schools with the Best Teachers 2016

Connecticut's best group of public high school teachers for 2016 is at Westport's Staples High School, according to a new ranking from reviews website Niche.com.

One hundred high schools in the state are listed, and it is based on several criteria that gave the most weight to the opinions of students and parents. Click here to view the full methodology.

"Ranking based on student and parent reviews of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the school," according to Niche.

Greenwich High School has the second-best crop of teachers, followed by Simsbury High School, Wilton High School and New Canaan High School. Rounding out the top 10 are Amity Regional in Woodbridge, Darien High School, Academy of Aerospace & Engineering in Hartford, Weston High School and Lyme-Old Lyme High School.

Nationally, the best crop of public high school teachers is at Louisiana School for Math, Science & The Arts, according to Niche, followed by New Jersey's Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro, and Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL. Rounding out the top five are High Technology High School and Bergen County Academies, both in New Jersey.

Staples High is the the only school in Connecticut to rank on the national list, landing at #86.

Below is the list of the Connecticut high schools with the best teachers, according to Niche.com:

1. Staples High School, Westport
2. Greenwich High School, Greenwich
3. Simsbury High School, Simsbury
4. Wilton High School, Wilton
5. New Canaan High School, New Canaan
6. Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge
7. Darien High School, Darien
8. Academy of Aerospace & Engineering, Hartford
9. Weston High School, Weston
10. Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Old Lyme
11. The Academy of Information Technology, Stamford
12. Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield
13. Farmington High School, Farmington
14. Engineering - Science University Magnet School, New Haven
15. Daniel Hand High School, Madison
16. Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury
17. Hall High School, West Hartford
18. Joel Barlow High School, Redding
19. Avon High School, Avon
20. Conard High School, West Hartford
21. Bristol Central High School, Bristol
22. East Lyme High School, East Lyme
23. Canton High School, Collinsville
24. Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield
25. Cheshire High School, Cheshire
26. Newtown High School, Newtown
27. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, East Hartford
28. Metropolitan Learning Center, Bloomfield
29. Woodstock Academy, Woodstock
30. Pomperaug Regional High School, Southbury
31. E. O. Smith High School, Storrs
32. Valley Regional High School, Deep River
33. Newington High School, Newington
34. University High School, Hartford
35. Bolton High School, Bolton
36. Trumbull High School, Trumbull
37. Cooperative High School, New Haven
38. Suffield High School, Suffield
39. Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield
40. Northwestern Regional High School, Winsted
41. Waterford High School, Waterford
42. Fitch Senior High School, Groton
43. Rocky Hill High School, Rocky Hill
44. Masuk High School, Monroe
45. Parish Hill High School, Chaplin
46. Pathways to Technology Magnet School, Bloomfield
47. Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Canaan
48. Old Saybrook Senior High School, Old Saybrook
49. Lyman Hall High School, Wallingford
50. Coginchaug Regional High School, Durham
51. Guilford High School, Guilford
52. Sports & Medical Sciences Academy, Hartford
53. Bristol Eastern High School, Bristol
54. Branford High School, Branford
55. Haddam-Killingworth High School, Haddam
56. W. F. Kaynor Technical High School, Waterbury
57. Middletown High School, Middletown
58. East Hampton High School, Lake Pocotopaug
59. Hill Regional Career High School, New Haven
60. Wamogo Regional High School, Litchfield
61. North Haven High School, North Haven
62. Coventry High School South Coventry
63. Ellington High School, Ellington
64. Wethersfield High School, Wethersfield
65. Litchfield High School, Litchfield
66. South Windsor High School, South Windsor
67. Stonington High School, Pawcatuck
68. Waterbury Arts Magnet School (High), Waterbury
69. Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk
70. Brookfield High School, Brookfield
71. Terryville High School, Terryville
72. Westhill High School, Stamford
73. Mark T. Sheehan High School, Wallingford
74. Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington
75. Norwich Technical High School, Norwich
76. Plainville High School, Plainville
77. Berlin High School, Berlin
78. Bullard-Havens Technical High School, Bridgeport
79. The Gilbert School, Winsted
80. Granby Memorial High School, Salmon Brook
81. Southington High School, Southington
82. Rham High School, Hebron
83. New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield
84. North Branford High School, North Branford
85. East Granby High School, East Granby
86. Oxford High School, Oxford
87. Amistad Academy, New Haven
88. Nonnewaug High School, Woodbury
89. Bethel High School, Bethel
90. Platt Technical High School, Milford
91. Somers High School, Somers
92. Windsor High School, Windsor
93. New Milford High School, New Milford
94. Seymour High School, Seymour
95. Ledyard High School, Ledyard
96. Manchester High School, Manchester
97. Bulkeley High School Upper School, Hartford
98. East Hartford High School, East Hartford
99. A. I. Prince Technical High School, Hartford
100. Act Magnet School (Arts at the Capitol Theater), Willimantic

Click here to view the full Connecticut list, and click here to view the full national list.

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